FAO Global Capture Production database updated to 2015 Summary information Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

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1 FAO Global Capture Production database updated to Summary information Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Table 1. World capture production in and million million Inland capture % Marine capture (excluding anchoveta) % Anchoveta % Marine capture % World total % Some notes on major changes in the database, this year all on Asian countries. Although in capture fisheries their share is not as predominant as in aquaculture (about 90% of the global production), in Asian countries produced 53% of global marine catches and 66% of inland catches. Reduction of marine catches by China is expected to start with 2016 data but still marked an increase of 0.5 million. China reported about 2.2 million as Distant water fishery but details on species and fishing area are provided only for those catches marketed in China (about 45% of Distant water catches). In absence of information, the remaining 1.2 million are entered in the FAO database under Marine fishes nei in area 61-Northwest Pacific, affecting the trend of that area. On the other hand, this discloses that a great quantity of supposedly unreported distant water catches by China are already in the FAO database, although a part of them is not under the correct fishing area.a. Marine and inland catches by Myanmar for the last ten years (2006-) have been significantly revised downward. Data for this country have been questioned by FAO since 2009 when, even after the cyclone Nargis (2008) which caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar, the average annual increase of reported marine catches remained constant at about 10% per year. Before the revision Myanmar ranked 9th as marine capture producer and 2 nd for inland capture, while now it ranks 18 th and 4 th respectively. Tuna catches by the Philippines have been revised after a joint study on catch discrepancies by FAO and tuna RFMOs revealed that data reported to FAO also included catches by foreign vessels landed in the Philippines. Viet Nam submitted a decreasing revision of shrimp catches in both marine and inland waters.

2 Table 2. Marine capture production: major producer countries Country - China 14,811,390 15,314, % Indonesia 6,016,525 6,028, % United States of America 4,954,467 5,019, % Peru 3,548,689 4,786, % Russian Federation 4,004,242 4,172, % India 3,727,088 3,497, % Japan 3,610,892 3,427, % Viet Nam 2,513,833 2,607, % Norway 2,301,376 2,293, % Philippines 2,032,763 1,948, % Chile 2,175,486 1,786, % Korea, Republic of 1,727,329 1,639, % Thailand 1,488,280 1,496, % Malaysia 1,458,126 1,486, % Morocco 1,350,147 1,349, % Iceland 1,076,558 1,317, % Mexico 1,396,176 1,315, % Myanmar 1,118,020 F 1,090,060 F -2.5% Taiwan (Province of China) 1,068, , % Spain 1,055, , % Denmark 745, , % Canada 835, , % Argentina 815, , % Total 23 major countries 63,830,834 65,017, % Total other 172 countries 15,973,728 16,147, % World total 79,804,562 81,164, % Share 23 major countries 80.0% 80.1% F = FAO estimate

3 Table 3. Marine capture production: major species and genera Scientific name FAO English name -15 Engraulis ringens Anchoveta (=Peruvian anchovy) 3,140,029 4,310, % Theragra chalcogramma Alaska Pollock (=Walleye poll.) 3,245,082 3,372, % Katsuwonus pelamis Skipjack tuna 2,985,914 2,822, % Sardinella spp* Sardinellas nei 2,530,168 2,245, % Clupea harengus Atlantic herring 1,630,629 1,507, % Scomber japonicus Pacific chub mackerel 1,397,453 1,492, % Micromesistius poutassou Blue whiting (=Poutassou) 1,160,884 1,414, % Decapterus spp* Scads nei 1,451,056 1,411, % Thunnus albacares Yellowfin tuna 1,347,317 1,359, % Engraulis japonicus Japanese anchovy 1,395,807 1,329, % Gadus morhua Atlantic cod 1,374,279 1,304, % Trichiurus lepturus Largehead hairtail 1,259,344 1,265, % Scomber scombrus Atlantic mackerel 1,420,763 1,243, % Sardina pilchardus European pilchard (=Sardine) 1,207,802 1,174, % Illex argentinus Argentine shortfin squid 862,867 1,011, % Dosidicus gigas Jumbo flying squid 1,161,690 1,003, % Scomberomorus spp* Seerfishes nei 936, , % Sprattus sprattus European sprat 494, , % Nemipterus spp* Threadfin breams nei 654, , % Mallotus villosus Capelin 282, , % Portunus trituberculatus Gazami crab 605, , % Acetes japonicus Akiami paste shrimp 556, , % Brevoortia patronus Gulf menhaden 392, , % Rastrelliger kanagurta Indian mackerel 506, , % Sardinops melanostictus Japanese pilchard 347, , % Total 25 major species and genera 32,347,068 33,814, % Total other 1627 species items 47,457,494 47,350, % World total 79,804,562 81,164, % Share 25 major species and genera 40.5% 41.7% *Catches for single species have been added to those reported for the genus when genus catches are at least one third of the total for the whole genus. Following a taxonomic split that became well consolidated among people dealing with fishery matters, catches in Atlantic areas under Scomber japonicus-pacific chub mackerel have been moved to Scomber colias-atlantic chub mackerel.

4 Table 4. Capture production: major fishing areas Fishing area code Fishing area name - 01 Africa - Inland waters 2,874,913 2,860, % 02 America, North - Inland waters 182, , % 03 America, South - Inland waters 364, , % 04 Asia - Inland waters 7,499,114 7,582, % 05 Europe - Inland waters 1 397, , % 06 Oceania - Inland waters 18,302 18, % 21 Atlantic, Northwest 1,841,777 1,842, % 27 Atlantic, Northeast 8,655,961 9,137, % 31 Atlantic, Western Central 1,171,608 1,412, % 34 Atlantic, Eastern Central 4,420,711 4,342, % 37 Mediterranean and Black Sea 1,112,901 1,312, % 41 Atlantic, Southwest 2,419,529 2,427, % 47 Atlantic, Southeast 1,564,481 1,680, % 51 Indian Ocean, Western 4,795,993 4,659, % 57 Indian Ocean, Eastern 6,496,545 6,358, % 61 Pacific, Northwest 21,949,674 22,050, % 67 Pacific, Northeast 3,148,706 3,164, % 71 Pacific, Western Central 12,547,195 12,581, % 77 Pacific, Eastern Central 1,903,802 1,695, % 81 Pacific, Southwest 575, , % 87 Pacific, Southeast 6,888,218 7,702, % 18,48,58,88 Arctic and Antarctic areas 312, , % World total 91,141,372 92,630, % 1 Includes Russian Federation.

5 Table 5. Inland waters capture production: major producer countries Country - China 2,295,157 2,277, % India 1,255,000 1,346, % Bangladesh 995,805 1,023, % Myanmar 852,530 F 863,450 F 1.3% Cambodia 505, , % Indonesia 420, , % Uganda 461, , % Nigeria 354, , % Tanzania, United Rep. of 278, , % Russian Federation 254, , % Egypt 236, , % Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 225, , % Brazil 235, ,000 F -4.5% Philippines 213, , % Thailand 181, , % Kenya 159, , % Mexico 123, , % Total 17 major countries 9,049,413 9,186, % Total other 134 countries 2,287,397 2,279, % World total 11,336,810 11,465, % Share 17 major countries 79.8% 80.1% F = FAO estimate To access the database: To inquiry: Fish-Statistics-Inquiries@fao.org Citation: FAO, FAO Global Capture Production database updated to - Summary information. FAO, 2017